ry of
Samuel and his mother! How strongly the mother love manifested itself
at the time of the judgment of Solomon who was called to determine the
possession of the child claimed by two women. And what could be more
beautiful than the pictures of the devotion of the mother of Jesus to
Him who was to be the Savior of the world?

"Verily, 'the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the
world,' through the love of good which the mother hopes for her
child. The mother of today in America has a greater problem than ever
before. The boys of today are the men of tomorrow. The boys will be
what the mothers make them; and with this thought, I want to change
our drawing slightly to indicate the ever-present problem which is
never safe except in the hands of the right kind of mothers of the
boys of today and of the future generations. [Add the words to
complete Fig. 57.]

[Illustration: Fig. 57]

"May God bless you, mothers, and help you to help these boys and these
girls to meet the great problems which are before them. You must help
them. Without you, they are on unsafe ground, treading perilous
paths."

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
--New Year's Day
--Watchfulness

Most of Them May be Rolled into One--"Hold Fast to That Which Is
Good."

THE LESSON--That the positive life, rather than the negative life,
knows true happiness.

While this talk is planned for the special application to the opening
of the fiscal or the school or church year, it may be revised very
easily to fit many other occasions.

~~The Talk.~~

"Right now, at the beginning of the new year, we hear a great deal
about making resolutions, 'turning over a new leaf,' and so on. In
many cases, these things are spoken of lightly and laughingly, and
yet, I know that many of us, away down deep in our hearts, are
thinking of things which we are resolving to do during the new year
and also of things which we have made up our minds not to do during
the coming twelve months.

"What does it signify when we do this? It means that we have made
mistakes and that we do not intend to make the same mistakes again. It
is a strange thing to say, but it is true, nevertheless, that a man is
a good deal like a fish in some respects. Whenever you go fishing, you
use just the kind of bait which you think will fool the fish the most
easily. You should know where a certain kind of fish is likely to
abound and then use the style of bait which that kind of f